James Hillman wrote, “We’ve had a hundred years of psychotherapy and the world’s getting worse.” People spend years in therapy. And most of them can tell you all the reasons they do the things they do.
But they’re still doing them.The goal is to release the energy that drives the unwanted behavior and generates distressing symptoms.
So insight is not the goal of hypnotherapy.
There are short-term objectives leading up to the primary goal of healing. The first is to establish the therapeutic relationship. That means providing a foundation of safety and trust.
The next is to build positive expectancy or ‘hope’ by providing the client with an experience of relief. After all, nothing builds success like success.
And you don’t eat an elephant all at once.
If releasing is the meat and potatoes of regression hypnotherapy, insight is the dessert. The more relief you can provide the client, the more the subconscious mind will trust you (and the client) with the ‘truth.’
And the more likely it is to render up the whole truth.
As a result, the client will begin to connect the dots. And realize how his or her own mind has been creating the problem all along. But insight isn't necessary to achieve success or healing.
In the first Shrek movie, Shrek says, “Ogres have layers.” The subconscious mind can be a real ogre at times! It has many layers of 'truth'. Getting down to the event that caused that 'truth' to form in the first place will all the client to form better decisions - about self, others, and life in general.
Resolving the causal event literally pulls the plug on the energy that's been feeding into the presenting problem. THEN it’s over.
And that's what 'getting better' means. It means finally being able to choose to direct one's energy in ways that truly satisfy.
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